LAGRANGE – I will be one of several thousand people attending the Northern Indiana Grazing Conference at the Michiana Event Center in Shipshewana Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7.
One of the things I do at the grazing conference is help specialty crop growers sign up for DriftWatch.
DriftWatch is a free, online mapping tool for people who raise sensitive crops — things like fruits and vegetables, organic grains, pasture and hay, and bees. At its core, DriftWatch is a communication tool. It helps pesticide applicators know where sensitive crops are located near their fields, so everyone can do their work with fewer unintended consequences. It’s not a regulation, and it’s not about enforcement. It does not take away liability for errors made while applying pesticides, but it may help an applicator know the locations of nearby sensitive crops and avoid a serious, costly mistake. It’s simply about awareness.
